Is anyone ever banned from this site?
POSTED BY: PhoenixRose
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I thought about joining a group like that years ago (the SCA). But when I saw all the rules for combat and such I changes my mind. Used to spar with friends alot in my younger years. Good fun there. Still like to go to the Fair and feast here in Michigan in the summer when I remember that it is going on. Missed it this year though
Kelkhil
The Shirtless Forsaken
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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
I'm just wondering because I've been on a thread that was hijacked by a truly horrible person. I'm not used to this kind of thing happening on this site, I'm used to fellow browncoats actually caring about what other people think and being intelligent even when they're on opposing sides of an issue....
Glad you're feeling a bit better, PhoenixRose.
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Ah, no, stay away from the SCA!!!
*ahem*
Sorry, I know there are good groups out there, but the one I was attached to was horrible...I was also in during major political problems that added to the ick factor. And also, as an authenticrat and a lifelong student of History, I had issues with several aspects of the group.
You know, on second thought, just ignore me completely. You might enjoy the group. I was a heavy weapons fighter (and still like to fight every now and then), and the rules are not all that restrictive.
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The one I was looking into sound like it was the same. Lots of political this and that happening that sucked.
Haven't even looked their way in a while. Still like the fair though. Daughter is getting to the age where she would have fun there as well.
Kelkhil
The Shirtless Forsaken
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Well, we seem to have temporarily hijacked this thread...but at least it's with pleasant stuff!
I love the Ren Faires, too. I, along with a friend, used to produce, write, direct, act in, costume, and choreograph shows for some SE Faires a few years back. Always loved them, and always liked making sure people had a good time during our shows. I'm glad to hear you are taking your daughter!
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CMH, is that a picture from the Caledonia group you were speaking of in the imponderable thread?
Yeah, that's my "profile shot". The Caledonian thing is just a smaller part of a LARP called Dagorhir. If you don't like SCA due to historical inaccuracies, then Dagorhir is definitely not your thing. It's more fantasy based, with the option of historically themed units.
My group's a really long span of Scottish history, from AD 0 - AD 900, for a rough outline. Because there's so few records from that time period, we're very open in terms of authenticity. You could conceivably be a Pict, Caledonian, Saxon, Scotti... and more. I don't even know exactly what the hell I'm "re-enacting", suffice to say, I get a kick out of running half naked covered in woad into a line of padded shields (especially Roman shields).
Kelkhil, most of that political BS is easy to stay out of the way of. At least, it is in Dagorhir, so I would assume it's the same with the SCA. I used to get invited to "war councils" all the time when I was in charge of a Japanese themed unit, but I never went. The combat systems sound complicated at first, but they're easy to get used to. There's actually this one game called Darkon where they use spells and have like 5 different armor classes... you almost need a gorram calculator to keep track of everything. I'd advise at least giving it a try if you were interested at all.
Browncoatjim - It sounds like you've experienced all the right things in your life. Aside from my personal fatalistic desires, if I make it to your age hopefully I'll have learned as much about being a decent person as you. Until then I look forward to benefiting from your knowledge.
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CMH, thanks! That does sound like fun. The one thing I did like about the SCA was the combat...running into a massed shield wall screaming at the top of your lungs; yeah, that was the fun part! I have enjoyed moving on to live steel and choreographed fights, but every now and then I enjoy getting out into the front yard with "safer" weapons and having at it!
Thanks for sharing that, and if you have more photos, I'd like to see them.
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http://www.geocities.com/britannicus.geo/ Here's my unit's main page
http://www.dagorhir.com here's the national website for the LARP itself
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Chris, thank you for the link.
Looks like a lot of fun!
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Chris - Cool links! As far as the SCA thing. Well they were manditory meetings and they were constantly bickering and pushing their personal adjendas out so I stopped going.
real annoying bunch of wannabes. After about 3 meetings I finally asked if this is all there was to do and they looked at me funny and said yes.
Kelkhil
The Shirtless Forsaken
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